On 4/20/14, 4:09 PM, Jo Liss wrote:
> After upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04, Bash 4.3.8 expands the tilde in
> search-and-replace patterns:
>
> $ a=x; echo "${a/x/~}"
> /home/ubuntu
>
> Is this an intentional change, or is it a bug?
It's intentional; read the thread starting at
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2014-03/threads.html
for a more complete explanation.
Chet
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